2012 Reuter Organ - First Presbyterian Church, Lawrence, Kansas

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@craigfields7722 3 ай бұрын

Very fine artistic colors and sound derived from merging older Moller organ and the newer Reuter. The Reuter VP really knows how to explain how they produced this instrument; it is worth listening to!

@gregoryshook2712 Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of working with Reuter on the organ in Hagerstown, MD! It was a wonderful experience to see the project from start to finish and work with the company.

@NorfolkSouthern-xt3xx 2 жыл бұрын

This and other videos featuring a Reuter organ has made me a huge fan of Reuter Organ Co. I LOVE Reuter's sound,...clean and clear!

@williamsimonds5429 Жыл бұрын

This organ is beautiful in every way. Bill Simonds - Moller Organ Co. 1959 - 1978.

@Peter_Kalve 5 жыл бұрын

Utterly wonderful hearing an expert organ builder explaining the structure of the instrument he built. Well worth watching.

@dalerider3124 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful console. Lovely sounds throughout.

@billraty14 4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully composed cornet on the swell. Quite a nice trumpet there too!

@organblower 5 жыл бұрын

I think they did a great job blending the voicing from the old Moller to the new Great Reuter organ such that the whole organ holds together producing a good solid ensemble. Congratulations to the voicer. The swell shutters sound like they close tightly. Very interesting discussion! Hopefully the parishioners will give enough prayerful support to finish off the oboe's bottom octave ;)

@phillipbaggio7915 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice simple organ with great big character! I like Reuter organs, especially newer ones. I can't wait to see the shop in upcoming video(s).

@uumusicman 5 жыл бұрын

The first pipe organ I ever played was a small Reuter at Trinity United Methodist in Big Stone Gap Virginia. It was six ranks and perfect for the sanctuary. The sound on this organ, especially the diapasons sound almost identical to that organ. The organ was also a real work horse and generally only needed tuning to keep in working order.

@praestant8 5 жыл бұрын

Jamie K Not much to go wrong when its only 6 ranks.

@raphaelelvish2430 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely principle chorus for this organ will have to come and see it one day love all your videos warms my heart

@Pianotech520 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely! Whoever voiced this instrument to the building is incredibly gifted. The 8’ Principal isn’t too jarring and chiffy for my personal taste, something I feel like happens in smaller churches all too often.

@martinwright4125 4 жыл бұрын

i was really impressed w/ this instrument. good nave for the sound, and a good example of an adequate instrument that isn't over-powering. really, very nice,

@HobbyOrganist 5 жыл бұрын

Back in 1998 I flew across the country to a job interview at Reuter when they were in their original factory buildings, and then drove to another builder to interview there, I remember they were making some flamed copper pipes then. I met the elderly gent who made their keyboards, he had obvious pride in his work I could tell! One of the draftsmen gave me a copy of the plans to a Reuter organ I practiced on back then, that was pretty cool! They were still doing drawings with drafting boards T squares and rulers. We concluded the interview process and they said they would let me know, I did not feel the interview at Reuter went well at all and they never contacted me anyway, but it didn't make any difference since the 2nd builder I interviewed with the next day said that afternoon "when will you let us know if you want the job?" and so here I am, still with them almost 22 years later. I don't think Reuter would have worked out, I didn't get good "vibes" and because the higher ups all walked around with suits and ties, it had a distinct 'class separation' feeling to the atmosphere between the executive types in suits and the guys in torn jeans doing the grunt work. I absolutely never had that same feeling where I'm at- the bosses dress like everyone else in the shop and they get right in and do whatever is needed as needed too, it's more like an extended family. Reuter had like 50 or 60 people when I interviewed back then, and a funny old factory whistle that blew when the 10 minute break started and when it ended, when it signalled break everyone just stopped what they were doing and basically just stood and hung out right there where they were working and did nothing until the whistle blew again. The organ in the video sounds great, merging the Moller with the new worked out perfectly

@larrybav 4 жыл бұрын

With your description of drafting boards and a factory whistle, I can imagine a factory of old equipment driven by flat belts off of a line shaft. When the stop whistle blew, the double expansion Corliss steam engine that powered the line shafts would be shut down.

@HobbyOrganist 4 жыл бұрын

@@larrybav HAHA, yeah it wasnt that primitive but it retained a lot of the old world, even the front entrance office area retained the old woodwork and railings, they built all new and moved I guess around 2003, sometime around 2002 lighting hit the old building and started a small fire as I remember.

@thebog11 4 жыл бұрын

@@HobbyOrganist If you don't mind, which company do you work for?

@HobbyOrganist 4 жыл бұрын

@@thebog11 Dobson

@edcampbell3772 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo Reuter!

@Barefoot12 Жыл бұрын

Love Reuter and really gonna miss them! Lucky me. I bought a 1970 11 stop organ in wichita and I am moving to the Rio grande. Found a used Estes 32'bourdon octave just to get to the 16hz c. Not the biggest in nm but it is the only 32' flute in the state!!

@slow40i 10 ай бұрын

956?

@Barefoot12 10 ай бұрын

@@slow40iprolly not

@califdad4 5 жыл бұрын

my Episcopal Church put a small Reuter in about 1979, it was small but very bright and could blast you out The Church Moved about 10 years ago and needed to expand it and so on a budget its now a hybrid

@bobh5087 5 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for this interesting video. Reuter organs, like Mollers, Schlickers and Aeolian-Skinners, are true WORKHORSES.

@califdad4 5 жыл бұрын

I think Reuters just as a whole sound better than a Moller

@bobh5087 5 жыл бұрын

@@califdad4 You're probably right about that. But I was mainly referring to the durability of these organ brands. I prefer Schlickers to all the others I listed.

@califdad4 5 жыл бұрын

@@bobh5087 the little Reuter my Episcopal church bought here in California sure was a nice organ

@bobh5087 5 жыл бұрын

@@califdad4 Reuters are usually very fine, well-made instruments, with a clear and clean sound.

@robertmiller8336 5 жыл бұрын

Great video about a lovely instrument. I don't know if you know the answer, but was the building designed by an architect named Edward Sovik? There are many similar design elements to a Mennonite church here in eastern Pennsylvania. The natural materials, the brick, natural light, excellent acoustics for the organ and the cross in the center of the space. Like the church near me, while they are both from the 60's, they are not something that =has a dated look, you know, one that screams 60's laminated arch buildings. The Mennonite congregation also has a quite wonderful organ, something which is unusual for their tradition of acapella hymn singing. It t is also of significance in the builders work. It is a 2m organ built by Charles Fisk

@ryanhulshizer8894 5 жыл бұрын

I had the exact thought about Sovik. Looks very similar to my home church- Our Savior’s Lutheran in Austin MN which is a Sovik designed church.

@kansasthunderman1 4 жыл бұрын

Just wondering if you can do an interview with someone at Washburn University in Topeka which has two Reuter organs installed in 1968? These organs are in White Hall which replaced Mac Vicor Hall which was severely damaged in the tornado of 1966.